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  1. Double sided studies of nudes and building elevations by Jewish veteran, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Gesture drawings of female nudes drawn on the back of an architecture class assignment by Edward Herzbaum during life drawing classes in August-September 1949 in Paris, France. During World War II, Edward was a soldier in the Polish Army of the East, which became the 2nd Polish Corps, British Army. Edward, 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Nazi Germany occupied the country in September 1939 for Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, he was exiled to a gulag by Soviet security police. Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Edward was released in an amnesty of Polish prisoners. He h...

  2. Drawing of timbered cathedral ceiling by Jewish veteran, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Watercolor of a Gothic cathedral with a wooden ceiling created by Edward Herzbaum in August 1949. It may be Peterborough in England which he visited at that time, or another timber ceiling cathedral in the region, such as Ely. During World War II, Edward was a soldier in the Polish Army of the East, which became the 2nd Polish Corps, British Army. Edward, 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Nazi Germany occupied the country in September 1939 for Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, he was exiled to a gulag by Soviet security police. Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Edward wa...

  3. Portrait sketch in ink of a woman in left profile by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Line drawing of a young woman in profile created by 24 year old Edward Herzbaum in Italy in 1944. See 2012.471.82 for another version of this drawing. Edward was a soldier in the Polish Army of the East and then 5th Kresowa, 2nd Polish Corps, British Army from 1941-1945. Edward, 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, he was arrested by Soviet security police and exiled to a forced labor camp. Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Edward was released as part of an amnesty grante...

  4. Portrait sketch in pencil of a woman in left profile by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Pencil line drawing of a young woman in profile created by 24 year old Edward Herzbaum in Italy in 1944. See 2012.471.81 for another version of this drawing. Edward was a soldier in the Polish Army of the East and then the 5th Kresowa, 2nd Polish Corps, British Army from 1941-1945. Edward, 19, had left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, he was arrested by Soviet security police and exiled to a forced labor camp. Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Edward was released as part of an...

  5. Line drawing of a woman's face by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Drawing that creates the face of a young woman in six pencilled lines drawn by 24 year old Edward Herzbaum in Italy in 1944. Edward was a soldier in the Polish Army of the East and then the 5th Kresowa, 2nd Polish Corps, British Army from 1941-1945. Edward, 19, had left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, he was arrested by Soviet security police and exiled to a forced labor camp. Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Edward was released as part of an amnesty granted to Polish prison...

  6. Portrait sketch in ink of a sensual woman's face in right profile by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Line drawing of a young woman in right profile created by 24 year old Edward Herzbaum in Italy in 1944. Edward was a soldier in the Polish Army of the East and then the 5th Kresowa, 2nd Polish Corps, British Army from 1941-1945. Edward, 19, had left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, he was arrested by Soviet security police and exiled to a forced labor camp. Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Edward was released as part of an amnesty granted to Polish prisoners. He headed south ...

  7. Line drawing of two men looking right with amusement by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Pencil line drawing of two men's faces side and side in profile looking right with amused expressions created by 24 year old Edward Herzbaum in Italy in 1944. Edward was a soldier in the Polish Army of the East and then the 5th Kresowa, 2nd Polish Corps, British Army from 1941-1945. Edward, 19, had left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, he was arrested by Soviet security police and exiled to a forced labor camp. Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Edward was released as part of a...

  8. Watercolor of rocky snow covered mountains by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Watercolor of a craggy, snow covered mountain in Castrocaro painted by Edward Herzbaum in March 1945 while a soldier in 2nd Corps, British Army. Edward, 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Germany occupied the country in September 1939 for Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, he was exiled to a gulag by Soviet security police. Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Edward was released in an amnesty of Polish prisoners. He headed south to join the Polish Army of the East, known as Anders Army. In August 1942, the unit left Soviet territory and became the 2nd Polish Corps. In Februa...

  9. Double sided drawing with sketches of four friends by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Quicly drawn sketches on both sides of folded papaer: a man and woman on one side; two men on the reverse, drawn by Edward Herzbaum circa 1944-1945. Edward was a soldier in the Polish Army of the East and then the 5th Kresowa, 2nd Polish Corps, British Army from 1941-1945. Edward, 19, had left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, he was arrested by Soviet security police and exiled to a forced labor camp. Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Edward was released as part of an amnesty ...

  10. Watercolor of a wooded grove created by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Abstract watercolor of a distant woods, mountains, and sky created by 22 year old Edward Herzbaum in late May 1942 in Blagoveshchenskoye, Soviet Union, (now Blagoveshenka, Kyrgyzstan]. Edward was with the Polish Armed Forces of the East, later the 2nd Polish Corps, traveling south toward British territory in Iraq. Edward, age 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Nazi Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, Edward was arrested by Soviet security police and exiled to a forced labor camp. Germany invaded the Soviet Union in Ju...

  11. Watercolor of a green valley near mountain lookout created by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Watercolor of a distant green valley viewed between two mountains created by 22 year old Edward Herzbaum in late May 1942 in Susok Dzhalalabad Blagoveshchenskoye, Soviet Union, (now Blagoveshenka, Kyrgyzstan]. When assigned to lookout duty, he would climb very high up in the mountains enjoy this view. Edward was with the Polish Armed Forces of the East, later the 2nd Polish Corps, traveling south toward British territory in Iraq. Edward, age 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Nazi Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, E...

  12. Watercolor of puffy clouds over distant mountains by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Watercolor sketch of dense gray-white clouds towering over a mountain range painted by 22 year old Edward Herzbaum in late May 1942 in Blagoveshchenskoye, Soviet Union, (now Blagoveshenka (Kyrgyzstan.] Edward was with the Polish Armed Forces of the East, later the 2nd Polish Corps, traveling south toward British territory in Iraq. Edward was with the Polish Armed Forces of the East, later the 2nd Polish Corps, traveling south toward British territory in Iraq. Edward, age 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Nazi Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet co...

  13. Watercolor of gold and green fields leading to snow-covered mountains created by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Watercolor painting of gray/white clouds towering over a mountain range painted by 22 year old Edward Herzbaum in May 1942 in Blagoveshchenskoye, Soviet Union, (now Blagoveshenka (Kyrgyzstan.] Edward was with the Polish Armed Forces of the East, later the 2nd Polish Corps, traveling south toward British territory in Iraq. Edward, age 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Nazi Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, Edward was arrested by Soviet security police and exiled to a forced labor camp. Germany invaded the Soviet Uni...

  14. Watercolor of purple hued mountains and colored landscape by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Vividly colored watercolor of purplish mountains viewed across tree lined fields painted by 22 year old Edward Herzbaum in August 1942 in Khanaqin, Iraq. The style is similar to 2012.471.32, painted in May, suggesting a view of the same mountains from different sides of the border. Edward had traveled south with the Polish Armed Forces of the East, later the 2nd Polish Corps, from the Soviet Union to British territory in Iraq. Edward, 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Nazi Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, Edward w...

  15. Watercolor of receding green mountains under a blue sky by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Watercolor of three dark green mountain ranges against a light blue sky painted by 22 year old Edward Herzbaum in August 1942 in Khanaqin, Iraq. Edward had traveled south with the Polish Armed Forces of the East, later the 2nd Polish Corps, from the Soviet Union to British territory in Iraq. Edward, 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Nazi Germany occupied the country in September 1939 to stay with family in Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, Edward was arrested by Soviet security police and exiled to a forced labor camp. Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Edward was release...

  16. Watercolor of a yellow field leading to blue and gray mountains created by a young Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    Watercolor sketch of a fields and mountains beneath an abstract sky painted by 22 year old Edward Herzbaum in August 1942 in Khanaqin, Iraq. Edward had traveled south with the Polish Armed Forces of the East, soon to be the 2nd Polish Corps, from the Soviet Union to British territory in Iraq. They met British forces at the large base and field hospital near this Iraqi border town where many died after the long, arduous march from Russia. There were oil fields near the city and it was also along a major Muslim pilgrimage route. Edward, 19, left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Nazi Germany occupi...

  17. POA button cover with a Roman she-wolf owned by a Jewish soldier, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Edward Herzbaum Hartry collection

    POA lapel button cover with the Roman she-wolf, Romulus and Remus, and the year 1947 owned by Edward Herzbaum, who served as a soldier in the 2nd Polish Corps from 1942-1945. The source of the acronym is not known. In late 1946, Edward left Rome, where he was studying architecture at the University of Rome, for England. When Edward was 19, he left Łódź, Poland, shortly after Nazi Germany occupied the country in September 1939 for Soviet controlled Lvov. In June 1940, Edward was exiled to a gulag by Soviet security police. Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. Edward was released in...

  18. Small yellow suitcase used by a young German Jewish girl on the Kindertransport

    1. Ruth Danzig Rauch collection

    Small yellow suitcase used by 6 year old Franziska (Ruth) Danzig when her parents, Gerda and Emanuel, sent her from Munich, Germany, to London, England, in June 1939, on the Kindertransport [Children’s Transport]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the government actively persecuted the Jewish population. During Kristallnacht, on November 9-10, 1938, the family’s apartment was searched by the Gestapo. In spring 1939, Ruth’s cousin, Bianca, was sent on a Kindertransport to stay with a Jewish foster family in London. Ruth’s parent found a Jewish foster family, the Paste...

  19. Handmade storybook by a German Jewish girl rescued by the Kindertransport

    1. Ruth Danzig Rauch collection

    Illustrated story book "The Lost Ones," made by Franziska (Ruth) Danzig who, at age 6, was sent by her parents, Gerda and Emanuel, from Munich, Germany, to London, England, in June 1939, on the Kindertransport [Children’s Transport]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Jewish population was actively persecuted. During Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938, the family’s apartment was searched by the Gestapo. In spring 1939, Ruth’s cousin, Bianca, was sent on a Kindertransport to stay with a Jewish foster family in London. Ruth’s parents found a Jewish foster family, th...

  20. Girl Guide enrollment promise trefoil badge received by a young German Jewish girl rescued on the Kindertransport

    1. Ruth Danzig Rauch collection

    Girl Guide trefoil enrollment pin issued to Franziska (Ruth) Danzig when she was living in England as a Kindertransport refugee from June 1939-October 1944. When Ruth was 6, her parents, Gerda and Emanuel, sent her from Munich, Germany, to London, England, in June 1939, on the Kindertransport [Children’s Transport]. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the government actively persecuted the Jewish population. During Kristallnacht, on November 9-10, 1938, the family’s apartment was searched by the Gestapo. In spring 1939, Ruth’s cousin, Bianca, was sent on a Kindertransp...